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is raising doubts that the mediating mission is taking upon itself will bring unbiased results plus america's track record in selecting where to push for peace and protect civilians and helping as he is again and she can explain. the crisis in the middle east probably like no other crisis reveals the double speak of u.s. foreign policy the us basically gave a green light to any of their actions with regards to palestinians and israel has been taking advantage of that quite extensively because as president obama explained there is no country. would tolerate missiles raining down on its citizens from outside its borders makes complete sense nobody should but one may ask what about all those countries that the u.s. has bombed iraq afghanistan pakistan yemen and others or is it that when you refer to civilian deaths as collateral damage somehow shooting civilians sounds more justified when it comes to the does a situation you usually hear u.s. officials speak along these lines of course in a conflict like this the civilian casualties are inevitable but the u.s. is not always like that when the go
is raising doubts that the mediating mission is taking upon itself will bring unbiased results plus america's track record in selecting where to push for peace and protect civilians and helping as he is again and she can explain. the crisis in the middle east probably like no other crisis reveals the double speak of u.s. foreign policy the us basically gave a green light to any of their actions with regards to palestinians and israel has been taking advantage of that quite extensively because...
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then we take a look at shoplifting gangs from south america. and finally we go undercover in china to expose rampant product counterfeiting. we begin in iraq with the theft that's been called one of the largest of its time, the mother of all heists. and it happened right under the noses of u.s. advisers. as iraqi investigators told us in october of 2006, more than half a billion dollars had disappeared from the defense ministry-- money that was supposed to equip the iraqi military. investigators believe the very people that the united states had entrusted with the funds had stolen them. but it seemed neither the u.s. nor its allies had much of an appetite for pursuing the matter. >> people have died. moneys have gone missing. culprits are running around the world, hiding and scurrying around. i have to ask myself why has this happened? it is not every day that you get billion dollar scandals of this kind. when ali allawi, a harvard educated international banker took over as iraq's minister of finance in 2005, he was confronted with a gaping hol
then we take a look at shoplifting gangs from south america. and finally we go undercover in china to expose rampant product counterfeiting. we begin in iraq with the theft that's been called one of the largest of its time, the mother of all heists. and it happened right under the noses of u.s. advisers. as iraqi investigators told us in october of 2006, more than half a billion dollars had disappeared from the defense ministry-- money that was supposed to equip the iraqi military....
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i will submit to you that in 21st century america the suburbs are now part of urban america. witness the suburbs of this capital city, with its northern virginia or maryland and you find the very same tapestry of america that i described. as of the national urban league and our policy institute in organizing this urban ideas forum, begins what i hope and i confident will be a series forums like this where we can have a candid, open idea oriented exchange about some of the solutions that the nation needs today and some of the ideas that we will walk over to both the white house, the agencies and capitol hill and encourage because they are not only best for urban america that their best for all of america and the spirit with which we began this conversation today. a final point, and i emphasize with colleagues and friends all the time that the national urban league is not a fish tank but we know how to think. we are not a talking tank but we know how to talk. we are a do tank, and our intent is discussion, ideas and thought leadership that lead to action, action of leads to res
i will submit to you that in 21st century america the suburbs are now part of urban america. witness the suburbs of this capital city, with its northern virginia or maryland and you find the very same tapestry of america that i described. as of the national urban league and our policy institute in organizing this urban ideas forum, begins what i hope and i confident will be a series forums like this where we can have a candid, open idea oriented exchange about some of the solutions that the...
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go and find your soldiers in america. we did that. over five or six years, we created a splendid force of young men and women who are willing to serve their country as volunteers and they had the same tradition, the same culture, loyalty, and dedication. they prove themselves in the gulf war, the panama invasion. they prove themselves in the last 10 years in iraq and afghanistan. what we have to keep in mind is something that president lincoln said. to care for those who have borne the battle. to care. never forget that they are carrying the american spirit, carrying the american traditions with them. when they get injured or hurt or when they come back to be reintegrated, we have to be waiting to care for them. not just the federal government or the veterans administration, but fellow citizens. >> more with colin powell thanksgiving day on c-span at 8:00 p.m. eastern. onn, the hollywood's impact american culture. later, nasa officials pay homage to the first men to walk on the moon just before 11:00. >> the name of this place still r
go and find your soldiers in america. we did that. over five or six years, we created a splendid force of young men and women who are willing to serve their country as volunteers and they had the same tradition, the same culture, loyalty, and dedication. they prove themselves in the gulf war, the panama invasion. they prove themselves in the last 10 years in iraq and afghanistan. what we have to keep in mind is something that president lincoln said. to care for those who have borne the battle....
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go find in the villages and towns of america. we did that. over a period of about five or six years we created an absurdly splinted force of young men and women who are willing to serve the country as volunteers, and they have the same tradition, the same culture, the same loyalty and dedication as any other generation of americans of every gone before us. and they have proved themselves in the gulf war, the animal invasion and they proved themselves in the last 10 years in iraq and in afghanistan. but the thing we have to keep in mind is something that president lincoln said, second inaugural address. care for those who have borne the battle. widow and children, to care if that means that never forget that they are carrying the american spirit. they are caring the american traditions with them. and when they injured, when they get hurt, when they just come back to be reintegrated into society, we have to be waiting to care for them. not just the federal government, not just the veterans administration, their fellow citizens. they have to car
go find in the villages and towns of america. we did that. over a period of about five or six years we created an absurdly splinted force of young men and women who are willing to serve the country as volunteers, and they have the same tradition, the same culture, the same loyalty and dedication as any other generation of americans of every gone before us. and they have proved themselves in the gulf war, the animal invasion and they proved themselves in the last 10 years in iraq and in...
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by your soldiers in the villages and towns of america. we did that. over five or six years we created a splendid force of young men and women willing to serve their country as volunteers. they had the same tradition, culture, loyalty, and dedication as any other generation of americans. they prove themselves in the gulf war, the panama invasion, the last 10 years in iraq and afghanistan. the thing we have to keep in mind is something that president lincoln said during his second inaugural address. care for those who go to battle. widowed and children. to care. never forget that they are carrying the american spirit. carrying the american tradition with them. when they get injured, hurt, or comeback, we have to be -- come back, we have to be what ready to care for them -- we have to be ready to care for them. >> more on the treatment of veterans, thanksgiving day, 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. at 8:30, the hollywood impact on american culture. later, space pioneers and nasa officials pay homage to the first man to walk on the moon, neil armstrong, just
by your soldiers in the villages and towns of america. we did that. over five or six years we created a splendid force of young men and women willing to serve their country as volunteers. they had the same tradition, culture, loyalty, and dedication as any other generation of americans. they prove themselves in the gulf war, the panama invasion, the last 10 years in iraq and afghanistan. the thing we have to keep in mind is something that president lincoln said during his second inaugural...
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i think all of us, across the european union, including also america and beyond, need to be putting pressure on israeli prime minister and on all those that have contactto with hamas o stop the fighting, stop the bombing, and that is exactly what i have done. over the weekend, i spoke twice to the israeli prime minister, once with the president of israel. my partners are also working very hard to persuade both sides that we need a cease-fire. beyond that, with a proper discussion on the future of israel and palestine in them he is right to say any such cease- fire deal can be turned into permanent peace if there are a meeting for resumption of negotiations towards a two-state solution. this has shown us again there is once with the president of israel. no peace nor a peace process. the international community had done their responsibility for the abject failure of having a meaningful negotiations nine years on from the promise of the road map for peace. can he therefor set out to the house what beyond the hopes for a cease-fire in the to be taken to pressure both sides into meaningful negoti
i think all of us, across the european union, including also america and beyond, need to be putting pressure on israeli prime minister and on all those that have contactto with hamas o stop the fighting, stop the bombing, and that is exactly what i have done. over the weekend, i spoke twice to the israeli prime minister, once with the president of israel. my partners are also working very hard to persuade both sides that we need a cease-fire. beyond that, with a proper discussion on the future...